bitch_tits_zero_nine wrote:
Funny thing about the Joey Barton tweet, Sky Sports News were running a story about Gay footballers, and Barton was quoted as saying something needs to be done and their poor treatment is unacceptable.

Yeah, that was from a couple of years back, when everyone thought he had matured.

To be honest, I think he just revels in playing the villain nowadays. The comments about Thiago Silva were clearly meant to be a silly wind-up, he didn't expect to blow up into such a shitstorm - hence the subsequent apology from both the club and himself.